Maurice Benington Reckitt was a leading English Anglo-Catholic and Christian socialist writer.
10 Facts About Maurice Reckitt
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Maurice Reckitt edited Christendom: A Journal of Christian Sociology from 1931 to 1950.
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Maurice Reckitt's background was wealthy, with the family business Reckitt's of Hull manufacturing a well-known brand of bluing.
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Maurice Reckitt's sister was Eva Collet Reckitt, founder of Collet's, the London bookshop.
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Maurice Reckitt graduated from St John's College, Oxford in 1911 with a second-class honours degree in history.
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Early in life, Maurice Reckitt was a supporter of guild socialism and a founder of the National Guilds League.
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Maurice Reckitt presented the Scott Holland Memorial Lectures in 1946.
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Maurice Reckitt was a leading player and croquet administrator winning the Men's Championship twice.
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Maurice Reckitt was on the Council of the Croquet Association between 1929 and 1975, serving as Chairman, Vice President and President.
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Maurice Reckitt died on 11 January 1980 in Roehampton, London.